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Aberdeen 3 Dundee Utd 1: Insipid United plumb depths

There are few sadder sights in football than the execution block being built for an under-pressure manager. As Craig Brewster, grim-faced and shoulders hunched, walked along the Pittodrie track after this latest defeat the only doubt seemed to be when he will become the fifth boss in four years to fall to the curse of being in charge of Dundee United, or whether he will walk of his own accord.

The shadows lifted for Aberdeen, the first time they have scored three goals in the Premierleague this season, but they darkened deeper over Tannadice. Brewster has won only twice in 27 league games since he took over last January and now chairman Eddie Thomson has to measure if it is worth forking out around £500,000 in compensation to get rid of Brewster and his coaching staff, or risk losing two million if the club, now bottom of the Premierleague, are